Angel's Inferno vs City on Fire: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Angel's Inferno Angel's Inferno William Hjortsberg · 2020 ★★★★☆ 3.6 436 pages · ≈ 8 h 04 m · Moderate

A 1950s amnesiac and hard-boiled detective sets out for revenge in this blend of mystery, supernatural horror, and metaphysical fiction. Private investigator Harry Angel is in a jam. Handcuffed in his apartment along…

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Cover of City on Fire City on Fire Don Winslow · 2021 ★★★★☆ 4.1 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate

New York Times Bestseller!From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border), The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Angel's InfernoCity on Fire
Goodreads 3.6 (307) 4.1 (31714)
Hardcover — 4.0 (83)
Google Books — 5.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (9) 4.0 (1331)

Reception

Angel's InfernoCity on Fire
Ratings 307 31714
Editions 3 5
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 28639
Reading it now — 3482
Written reviews — 2685
Wikipedia attention — 184
Pages 436 384

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